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Following the re-election of Mohamed Ould Cheikh El Ghazouani, Mauritania unveiled the line-up of a new cabinet, led by Prime minister Mokhtar Ould Diay. The new government has 29 ministers, many of whom are Morocco-educated. Prime Minister Diay is a graduate of Morocco’s data and statistics postgraduate school in 1997. Defense minister Hanana Ould Sidi […]
The newly appointed head of the government Aziz Akhannouch kicked off his mission by chairing the first ministerial council followed by a presentation of a government program before members of the parliament with strong social and economic commitment. Akhannouch was designated head of the government after his party came first in Sept.8 elections. He built […]
The Tunisian parliament Wednesday rubber-stamped the proposed government of the Prime Minister-designate Hichem Mechichi to replace Elyes Fakhfakh who resigned last month from the post over allegations of a conflict of interest. Mechichi’s cabinet lineup was approved by 134 lawmakers out of the 201 present for the session. Mechichi after the 15-hour session told the […]
Algeria has appointed a new government on Thursday amid a raft of socio-economic crises. Algeria’s President Abdelmadjid Tebboune on Saturday named a university professor and former diplomat as Prime Minister. Abdelaziz Djerad, 65, served in the administration of a previous president in the 1990s, but was sidelined by President Abdelaziz Bouteflika. The President and the […]
Tunisian Prime Minister, Youssef Chahed on Wednesday, unveiled the lineup of a new government of national unity. The government reshuffle, the 10th since 14 January 2011, comes after several weeks of consultations with political parties and organizations on the distribution of portfolios. The key portfolios affected by the reshuffle are those of Finance, Interior and […]